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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CO-BENEFITS, AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Autores: | Feng,   Hongli; Kling,   Catherine L.; Gassman,   Philip W.
Data: | 2004-11-19
Ano: | 2004
Palavras-chave: | Carbon sequestration; Co-benefits; Conservation Reserve Program; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Resumo: | Land use changes to sequester carbon also provide "co-benefits," some of which (for example, water quality) have attracted at least as much attention as carbon storage. The non-separability of these co-benefits presents a challenge for policy design. If carbon markets are employed, then social efficiency will depend on how we take into account co-benefits, that is, externalities, in such markets. If carbon sequestration is incorporated into conservation programs, then the weight given to carbon sequestration relative to its co-benefits will partly shape these programs. Using the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) as an example, we show that CRP has been sequestering carbon, which was not an intended objective of the program. We also demonstrate that more carbon would have been sequestered had CRP targeted this objective, although the "co-benefits" would have increased or decreased.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

15363

http://purl.umn.edu/18336

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

Iowa State University&gt;Center for Agricultural and Rural Development&gt;CARD Working Paper Series

CARD Working Paper 04-WP 379

Formato:

9

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